Nemesis didn't go too far, only to where the will of another could allay her. She saw herself on the top of a great building and realized that it wasn't pleasant to permit her body to give in to the will of another being, but as a viewer, this would only make the spectacle much more interesting to watch, since no other form could feel the fails drugging her own senses as if feeling some kind of empathy for that detestable race. He looked around appreciating the destruction and allowing his mind to absorb all the blood and the mortal remains as if it were the first time he saw such a carnage, however, he also looked even more beyond and found in the planet the descendants of his ancient subjects who denied fighting even being completely able to help. There were individuals who waited for her for all this years and who now celebrated her arrival, while others among this same loyal people begged for the other humans to be spared too, they would never raise a weapon against their goddess, but all of them had their own way to react to her domination.
Each one of these people didn't deserve, for her, the same end that the rest of the population would have, killing who welcomed her in their hearts this way seemed to be cruel, therefore, she decided that, when tired of the entertainment here, she would find a good place for them inside her own world and would reward them for their loyalty.
- MAGIC WITH PUNCH! – The shout came unnoticed by her and this made the first lucky one to cause a damage to her.
Parker… she recognized him by the smell as she felt the closed wrist hit against her skin and make her to bleed. It didn't seem right for her that this had happened, since her defenses weren't that low until seconds ago. Peter apparently felt as surprised as her, since his expression exposed his feelings while disappearing through a portal.
It was a great plan, considering it was designed by a kid. Initially, he counted on the help of two people who tried to assure him he wasn't committing madness, but along the way, other very useful colleagues showed themselves up to hear him. Now it even seemed it could work!
Original waited for more consecutive attacks, but couldn't foresee exactly from where they would come and this was definitively something that shouldn't be happening. Strange showed up in front of her, without the Cloak of Levitation and, even so, she could feel his energy coming from another place, something too realistic to believe one of them was a clone. Nemesis felt the rage emanating from him and appreciated the job of whoever had taken out her influence over the wizard's actions.
- Nemesis… - He extended his arms, without signs of performing some of his tricks. – I came to bargain. – The woman lifted one of her eyebrows, almost having fun.
- I'm listening. – She crossed her own arms and relaxed the posture, still challenging him with the look to impress her.
- Go away from this planet and leave humans alone. – Stephen toned as if he really expected to show some kind of authority. – Otherwise, we will be forced to act.
- Eliminating the existence of your species, I'm saving the future of your dear Earth. – The man got tense, what was noticed by her. – You know what I'm talking about. – An arrogant smile was formed on her purplish lips. – There's no hope for creatures like you, don't deny you have seen what comes next, your race is fated to destruction and I didn't even have to be here for this to happen.
- I will take it as a "no". – The wizard showed disregard and it's admirable how he tried to protect himself from what was coming. Her hand tore through his stomach so fast that his shield wasn't even formed, but she kept him close and neared to him even more to whisper in his ears.
- You could have lived to see this place to thrive. I gave you this chance and I considered you worthy of being by my side when the time was come. You could have chosen a female to recreate what your people destroyed. I am not a monster, there would be a chance to restart under my command, however you chose to reject my reception.
- You will end up learning we are a bunch of stupid persistent people… - He spitted blood, but her attention had already found another target.
Magic pulled Strange away from her, while the same energy, stronger and more confident, held her where she was. It was shameful to recognize she had affection for the creature standing there to try to destroy it. Wanda joined with her reflected image and both strived to contain her. Part of Original wanted to kill them instantly, but another one swore she would never hurt them. Nemesis chose to follow the side saying to allay the nuisance and did exactly that, threw them far away so strongly that they would be lucky to have their heart beating after hitting the ground.
Her heart burned when she moved her hands to hurt hem, however, it became so anguishing later that it wasn't possible to breath and even if it wasn't needed, the pain didn't allow her to think straight or to see. She asked herself if this was how humans discovered they were loving while restoring the control. That was an indeed interesting feeling and maybe she would explore it later.
Taking advantage of her emotional state, more people showed up. Children and adults using armors together with a Captain America attacked, they organized themselves in a descent synchrony so they didn't die while she observed them, however, when the older one threw his shield, there was no mercy this time, she held it only to throw it back and to see the man out of his time to be split in two. The act destabilized the woman with the armor, who seemed to be divided between running to her partner or continuing the mission, her distraction would have given her the same ending, however, when she moved to attack her, an Iron Man came in front of her and lowered her helmet.
Looking at those eyes made her stop and unable to move. Thoughts that didn't belong to her came to her mind, all the anxiety, the hope, the admiration, the love and sadness of a child who grew up without a father destabilized her. There were seconds in which Robert could have believed to see the golden eyes turning brown.
- No one told you it's very ugly to attack planets? – He said with care. Maybe the fact that Tony was dead made his emotions stop, the actor could see himself completely broken for the loss of a daughter he had never met and he knew now that these memories belonged to the hero. The will to cry was present as for him as for the greatest threat humanity has ever had and, by her side, Stark didn't restrain himself good enough.
- I killed you… - Nemesis said as if she were terrified. – She wanted to protect you and tried to make my parts not to reject your possession over them, but I guaranteed that no threat would exist while I was turning what I am. – On his instable smile, she showed that something was affecting her, as if she were forced to fight against an intern discomfort. Tears ran down her face not motivated by the feelings she was still controlling.
- If you consider me a threat, so you admit not to be unbeatable. – Robert started not deviating his eyes from the other's even though she was tempted to run away from him. – You can be stronger than any other cosmic entity, but you saw enemies in us even when we didn't know about your existence. You're not here just for fun, you're here because you know we can beat even what you believe to be unbeatable.
When you find a flaw in a perfect adversary, it's from it you trace the way to overcome it.
The impossibility of the woman to attack the man she saw as her parental figure enabled the others to keep attacking. Thunders echoed from the sky and Thor appeared with Elizabeth on his arms, while Vision covered Wanda. The copy of Doctor Strange fluctuated to the top of that building and Spider Man positioned near Riri. They would win or would die trying to.
"Mirrored dimension" – the whisper of the actor took them to a place they wouldn't cause any harm to their planet no matter what they did. Clint and Jeremy were there inside already, just waiting for the right moment to attack. They were all ready to give the best of what they had and go beyond they could bear. Original smiled ironically for the determination of those people, if they desired so much to have the same fate of the other hundreds who have passed away on her hands, may that be.
- Let us see what you can do. – Swallowing her feelings and suffocating the internal discomfort, she positioned with the arrogance of someone who's very bored.
A race for the crown started. The archers threw their arrows and would have hit her if they hadn't been destroyed by the enemy's defense. Peter activated once again that day the sudden death mode and threw himself through the realities' alterations created by Benedict that favored his movements, micro robots thrown by Harley tested Nemesis' reflexes while together with Robert and Riri, they combined movements and attacks of their armors looking for any gap. Natasha wasn't included on that fight, there was another task to finish at that moment.
The world around became a portion of complete distorted matter as the actress, the actor and the witch molded it to assist their allies and confuse their enemy. For them who were responsible for the uncertain stability of the dimension, it was possible to see Original as she really was, what couldn't be a perspective that reduced the already provoked fright. The woman behaved as if it were hard to move a muscle without destroying the planet they were at and now, at this new place, it wasn't needed to worry about these limitations.
The purplish body lifted, throwing itself to fly and liberating its energy. She was like a supermassive black hole about to swallow them; the difference was her conscience which turned everything much worse. Vision didn't seem even frightened, he knew the nature of that power and it didn't scare him anymore, Wanda's and Elizabeth's power reacted to the proximity of the one who originated them and this widen them unnoticed by the enemy. Jane faced the death every day since the cancer spread and even knowing about the risk of holding Mjolnir again, she looked in the eyes of the monster and saw nothing but another individual believing the illusion of seeing her dead.
"Normal" humans were who felt the most the pression of the others' powers, for Robert, Riri and Harley, the armor involving them seemed to cede and shrink, while for Jeremy and Barton, it was possible to feel their skin burning. Keeping the eyes open became a torture and stand seemed to be so unbearable that the desire of giving up spread uncontrollably on their bodies, but those were men fighting by the side of gods with only a bow and arrow, they would hold together and survive as they have always done in their histories.
The red magic involved Nemesis as if it belonged to her, but repressed her so aggressively that it was possible for the woman to feel some kind of physical pain. It wasn't a big deal to allay such spells, so the first target was chosen, her interaction was to get rid of her distractions the best way she knew. When her eyes looked for her parental figure, each one there understood what she intended to do. Cumberbatch wasted no time to activate the magic as soon as Strange allowed himself to bleed, black magic wasn't pleasant at all, but if he gave them a chance, it wouldn't matter, for now. Combinations of gestures were done with his hands and then the overflowing part of the enemy's energy disappeared, momentarily.
There was a kind of malice on Original's face when she flew to catch her pray, she needed to have fun in making them to believe they would succeed when they certainly wouldn't. Thor neared quickly to Tony's reflection and raised her hand, she knew that his armor wouldn't work perfectly with the remaining pressure and even if it did, his maximum speed wouldn't be even close to enable him to run away from someone like his adversary. With the help of the hammer, both flew through the distorted reality, knowing they would be followed.
Following their steps, each hero benefited from the actor's alterations for not letting Nemesis to gain much advantage in distance, but eventually it wasn't enough to delay her. Harley intervened first, however, she didn't even look at him to know she had done enough so that he didn't reach her, a simple finger movement made the armor to shrink to the point of smashing his skin and drill his muscles. Clint threw an arrow to distract her, but at the same time, he had his body attracted directly to the enemy that held him with one of her hands and with the other used the same weapon thrown to drill his head. The stones shined and all the modifications that Benedict made were undone, everything went back to the starting line, the same building in which they were when Peter started his plan.
Only adrenalin and desperation made them to act before she closed her wrists and destroyed them, one step to Robert and the reflection of Stephen held her with mystic ropes, two steps and Wanda made her to need to force a little bit to move ahead, three steps and Elizabeth made the next one harder to take, four steps and Riri joined Jane in front of the target, five steps and Vision signalized that the perfect time to act had come.
The reality distorted again in instants and Peter appeared again using his advantage to take longer to be noticed, Jeremy threw arrows towards Original's face and smiled back at her when faced with the three weapons stopped on the air. Vision threw an intense gust of solar energy, reactivating the arrows and provoking the explosion of each one of them. A distraction. Serving as a support, the android put himself on the way and took Parker to what they wanted to pull out and the hands of the kid closed around the crown. Scarlet Witch changed her contention and went to help the boy, pulling it with all the strength she had, Riri put herself behind the arachnid, giving him the impulse that could make the difference in the case of the crown had at least moved.
They all heard a debauched laugh before the repulsion happened. Nemesis liberated a bit more of her power in an arrogance act just so that they survived to watch their own failure. The Mirrored Dimension wasn't a prison for her and her barrier with the real world was broken as each one of the useless heroes were thrown miles far away. Only Robert stayed where he was to have his neck held and his body lifted by the powerful hand of the one willing to destroy him, he felt her energy entering him and his nerves collapsing.
- I am inevitable. – The human mouth couldn't move, breathing was impossible and death seemed to welcome him willingly, but he was not alone. A certain Stark ended with what she was doing.
- And he is Iron Man. – Imposing and surrounded with her husband's blood, the reflex of Ms. Downey lifted the hand and snapped the fingers.
At first the gesture made no sense, but the world felt the changes and trebled for it, Nemesis felt the changes and almost cried for it. It was her who couldn't breathe now. The beasts she had created were now out of her control with Natasha's and Xavier's intervention and roared joining to their new leader to destroy the common enemy.
- My children… - Her angry would have killed the man in her hands, but she didn't see Chris with the Stormbreaker behind his magnificent shield coming closer until the arm that held her paternal figure was cut. There weren't seconds to celebrate, he got his friend and flew away again, allowing Mark and Venom to do their job.
Stark didn't intend to stay to see, but the Original's hatred was thrown on her and she had the honor to die by the hands of the almost-divine being. Nat looked at her husband's body when she felt being pulled closer to her destruction and at the moment the purplish palm closed on her nape, she died as she lived, with a sarcastic smile on the face and protecting the lives of the multiverse.
The monstrosity that Hulk became arrived on the top of the building in seconds and punched her so strongly that the impact destroyed the entire edifice they were at and all the others around too, even though it didn't affect the woman. It wasn't a good idea to confront directly someone like her, mainly when the fury took over her veins, but the unthought attempt deserved even a kind of admiration. Bringing her arm back, she held one of the wrists of the beast, what wasn't enough to calm or to alert it, only earned to her another challenging shout and a so accurate and dedicated coup on her face, that the wind was broken with the action, keeping all the other creatures far enough. It's a shame that only the big guy broke his hand.
The sound Nemesis let out was one of the most horrifying things that any living being had ever had the opportunity to hear, but the clumsy coups that followed were the proof that such scream had reached her objective. The monster, formerly so scary and powerful, now lifted its hands to its own head as if suffering an indescribable torture, Venom struggled to get out of the powerful host in the desperate attempt to survive and, with that, Hulk was just Hulk and didn't need anything but a slap to be forced to return to his human shape. A being like that, barely awaken and defenseless, didn't need her attention, therefore, she turned her eyes to her traitor children who challenged her with each fiber of their existence, even though trembling of fear in her presence.
While the almost-divine being eliminated its flawed creations just as had done with so many others, a man, stamping the symbol of America, landed on the wrecks with a shield in the arm and preoccupation on his face. It wasn't hard to carry Mark, but he intended to get some information while he was still merely conscious.
- What happened to Spider Man? – The fragile man waved with his head negatively, at one moment the friend of the neighborhood throwing his webs and at the other, Hulk and Venom saw him dead, smashed on the ground. – What about Scarlett…?
- Alive. – There was a hazy memory that she had strayed from the confront with Sam Wilson, but he had no more information but that. Evans flew again with his armor, allying them from there as fast as he could.
Looking at the region from up there, it seemed for him that the end was near. The blood stained as the plain as the region of the city involved in the confront, there were not much chance to survive all of that and each second the numbers of willing combatants drastically lowered.
Original breathed deep while observed part of the remaining dust of what used to be her creatures, this always ended to be the scenario she faced when decided to create lives. Unthankful little creatures like these would always turn against their own creator and ended up like dust in the end. This was one of the reasons that made the woman to feel so absurdly alone yet.
The protector shield enrolling the Earth had been broken times ago, but until now nothing capable of interfering in the battle had passed through it. However, Carol would make it different. When she woke up in the house of her old friend without her powers, she felt devastated at first, but when she noticed the threat on the planet where she was born, she felt obligated to force her body to get up and act. Against an adversary like the one they were facing now, she was completely conscious that she wouldn't survive if confronting him directly, but it didn't mean that she didn't know how to help. From the moment she could walk more easily on, her first objective was to get to a spaceship fast enough to go to the people she had in mind and, after that, she only had to wait for the protectors of the planet to undo Strange's spell. Since that actually happened, she had been in the space contacting long-standing friends and now got back with back up to contribute with the defeat of that infernal goddamn being.
At the moment Nemesis saw her getting close with the spaceship, her melancholy turned into complete contempt and she could have laughed at her efforts if she were in a good mood. Taking off the ground, the woman met the weak woman and even admired the fact that, even though she instigated her instincts to beg for survival, the Captain didn't deviate her eyes from the threat or showed any sign of fear.
- You had the chance to live and that's the way you thank me? – There was a kind of curiosity in her eyes, as if searching for the thing that enabled to motivate creatures like the one she was challenging now.
- People need me now, I can choose to enjoy life in another moment. – Her hands moved to alter the buttons of the machine which Original didn't strive to understand.
- There was a time you could have represented someone worthy to face me. – Danvers felt the smashing pressure on her bones, now it seemed so hard not to give in that even speaking was a challenge, however, compared to what she had already faced from that very same monster, she could say that it wasn't really trying to hurt her. – And now you are nothing but a common human, fragile and having nothing to impress me.
- I may be this "common human" or this disinteresting being, unable to stop you right now. She faced the enemy's golden eyes again and slightly smiled with her determination on tops. – But I'm not alone.
A powerful and devastating coup come from female hands threw her far away from the spaceship on her surprise moment and soon Nemesis saw herself surrounded by a group of warriors, looking quite familiar with hammers in their hands. A half-breed Frost Giant, a god and a Valkyrie, that was it seemed at first. However, there was something more in these new adversaries, each one of them presented a so well developed and grand strength that it made them to get close to be the most formidable creatures that crossed her way this very same day. Looking to them reminded her the sensation she had when she looked to Odin for the first time.
- Carol always surprises when asks help for killing something. – The tallest and blue-skinned commented with his thunderous voice while analyzed the new challenge, his partners simply agreed with a smile that didn't hide at all the thirst for blood of each one of them.
The aura of the group emanated together to answer the purplish woman's, they didn't seem merely afraid and didn't take long to make their weapons to greet their new rival. As fast as thunders and as strong as divinities they seemed to be, each one of them stood themselves against the threat without hesitation, keeping a pleasant rhythm in the combat, like a dance, and also a lethal one, like the true battle they were fighting. The way they acted and the expressions on their faces made Original to decide that they could have been good friends in other circumstances, maybe in the end she would bring them back to join to her Empire.
Magni, Thrud, Vidar and Bragi, the Bastard sons of Odin. These were the new defiant of Nemesis, sometimes mercenaries and conquerors, but mainly explorers of the universe and, besides, protectors of the planets that conquered their affection, armed with Asgard enchanted hammers, they've been involved in the most diverse conflicts for millennials, until the wars find their peace, whatever it may be. A group that met Carol Denvers when the Krees looked for them to end with the Skrull threat, but that even being rivals, received her help in the most devastating days they had ever faced. This made, eventually, that any advance against those the human protects were meaningless.
They weren't powerful enough to defeat someone like the enemy they were facing now, but were the ones who neared the most to this until now.
(…)
- Pety? – Deadpool called when got close to the border of the city and saw a guy with Spider Man clothes, wounded in weird angles for most of the people, but not for the man, apparently.
- W-Wade? – The individual called back, confused and with a too tormented vision to see properly. He didn't seem fine at all.
- What are you doing here? – The one who could walk got out of the car and neared enough to face him close (maybe too much). – It seems a giant had just slapped you with a flip-flop.
- Thank you for saying that… - he puckered the frown uncomfortably. – I can't do much more than breathing for now, I think. – The boy digressed, not necessarily talking to the mercenary. Until his eyes narrowed suspiciously. – I thought you were dead…
- Ah, I was. It's a long story. – Wilson got Parker on his lap as if he was a bride and went back to the car, trying not to hurt him even more. – I believe you know Thanos, a very ugly big guy, asshole, son of a bitch and…
- Yeah, I know who Thanos is. – Trying to breathe better, Peter took his mask out with difficulty, interrupting also the series of swearing of the other.
- Great! Or not, depending how you take this… - The mercenary animatedly started the car again. – I'm kind of involved with a person he likes, who, by the way is the Death itself, a sadistic, hot, insatiable entity and… - The look of his traveling company made him to stop the unnecessary details. – But he never gets happy in seeing us together and ends up cursing me with immortality so that I never see her again. That's why even I lose my powers and the cancer or anything stupid ends up killing me, I always come back.
- It doesn't seem much pleasant. – The cloudy vision and lost expression on the boy's face didn't allow Deadpool to distinguish if he was being sincere or it was just a fever delirium. The same way that the sweater with the sentence "best ass in America" used by the man confused the hurt one about being or not in a very real dream.
From where they were it was particularly possible to see the destruction left by the already fought battles and by the one still happening. The spider-sense of Parkers seemed to alert him about the imminent danger and reacted as much as the enemy's power deserved, what, in consequence, made the boy not able to control the tremble and violent spasms of his body, in the desperate attempt to take him out of there. The only comfort possible to find in that anguishing situation was the one of the marked hand that interlaced with his to try to calm him down.
- Let's pray for the gods to save our asses. – It seemed a serious suggestion even coming from someone like Wade, to reinforce his idea, he used his free hand (or not that much, since he used it to control the steering wheel) to advance once, twice, the song on the radio until finally he sang with Robert Plant. – Ah, ah, ah! Ah, ah, ah!
- We come from the land of the ice and snow. – Peter sang in a weak whisper and with a nostalgic smile on the face, recognizing the song even in his debilitated state.
- From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow – The one still masked sang along satisfied for having given a relief for that beautiful face.
Both kept singing the song happily (the mercenary more than the arachnid, who was not doing much more than babbling) and headed to the chaos. Eventually, when the chorus repeated, something happened that frightened them so much that they almost got involved in a car crash. Bifrost opened a passage in a radius of some miles, bringing warriors and beasts from another reality.
A king riding his eight-legs horse was ahead of a gigantic army and, in his hand, he held the fusion of the Gungnir with the Casket of Ancient Winters. Under his command were Asgardians, Jotuns and terribly powerful beasts like the serpent Jormungand and the wolf Fenris, each one of them ready to send their enemy to Hel or to head to Valhalla. A hope for the protection of the life.
- I TOLD YOU! – Deadpool shouted with his partner – I KNEW IT WOULD WORK!
At the same time, a figure showed up near enough to make the car to stop. A long-black-haired, pale skin, green eyes and female traces being got closer delicately and walked to the boy, involving him with a powerful and recomforting healing magic while gesticulating with her hands. Silently, it regenerated each damaged cell of the other's body and turned its attention to Wilson, as if looking for more injuries.
- You can do this thing with your hands with me too if you want. – Wade suggested with more than a malicious smile and received an adorable grimace as an answer. The man denied and didn't take long to go back to the sky flying with his hammer, that was Bragi, the only one among the bastards who hated the war and was there only to in fact help people. – Nordic gods are wonderful, right, Pety? – He commented sighing dreamy to the new traveling partner – Pety? – Someone who wasn't there anymore.
Peter did what his body ordered him to do, he ran away. Even though there weren't any more injuries that would stop him from fighting, resisting didn't seem to be a viable hypothesis when his thoughts were no longer coherent and his muscles trembled in terror to the point of forcing him to leave.
It had no blood or mortal remains where he was passing through, only fragments of what someday had been people protecting their worlds. His vision looked for a path that would allay him enough from Original, something very close to instinct was moving him. The noise of the confront around wasn't even noticeable or him and Parker deviated from wrecks thrown towards him not even seeing from where they were coming.
Escape, escape, survive, these were the only comprehensible words that were repeated in his mind. The deaths didn't matter, the destruction didn't matter, they were condemned since the beginning and had been foolish enough to believe they had any chance. He needed to get out of there, he needed to protect himself, he would certainly find somewhere they couldn't find him and…
His eyes identified her before he could simply ignore. Gwen was stuck under the wrecks of a building. Her bones, even with all the meters separating them, were clearly broken and with the direction the battle was taking, she wouldn't stand it much longer, just as happened with all the other web friends that he could meet in the last few hours. That was a desperate notion and seemed just one more reason to run away as he was doing, however, watching that scene, he couldn't move anymore.
There were people trying to help her even with the planet so-ridiculously crumbling near there. A man and a woman, Captain America and Black Widow. His eyes blinked disoriented, no, they weren't the avengers he had met but, yes, the actors of some place in the Multiverse. They weren't true heroes, they had never been in war before and had never seen something as terrible as what was going on, but even so they were facing together the undefeatable threat and saving people who had no hope to survive.
A terrible and throbbing headache almost knocked him down, as if ordering him to move forward no matter what the cost was and to completely ignore his duty in the world. He needed to rest his body on something hard enough to hold him, however, his current desire involved not giving in to this self-preservation sense and though his body refused to come back, he wouldn't leave anymore. There was something wrong, the friend of the neighborhood couldn't simply abandon a confront while there are still lives to be saved.
Wade, who was the hard-enough thing by any chance, saw a quick golden glimpse in the eyes of the boy he ended up stalking. At first, his intention was to laugh at the other's cowardice, but when catching up to Spider Man he had to bite his own tongue to contain himself, in fact he didn't expect that the other would hold onto him that way just when he was about to greet him. It wasn't needed to have a complete sound mind to notice that something was completely unsettling the hero's senses. With a hand rested on the Parker's back and the other with closed wrist, Wilson hit intentionally a painful punch on the belly of the arachnid. Subtlety has never been his real strength, but it seemed advantageous for him to do something that brought the other's thought completely back to the reality they were in.
The sound of the puke that came soon after was muffled by the gods who tried to gain any chance of true victory, however Deadpool didn't step back or got annoyed with the sickening stink, he just put himself on the same height as the young body, now curved, to give him a comfort he wasn't exactly good in retributing. Peter stared at him after putting out all the content of his stomach as if he was grateful for his presence, what was something the mercenary wasn't used to at all and, for this reason, he tried, uselessly, to say that everything was going to be alright.
- When all this shit is over, I'm going to buy some Chimichangas for you.
